Deuteronomy 18:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:20

But the prophet who presumes to speak a message in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods #– #that prophet must die.”

2 Kings 20:1

In those days  Hezekiah became terminally ill.  The prophet Isaiah  son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.” ’

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord,  ‘Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled towards Tarshish in the first place.  I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,  slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.

Isaiah 41:22

‘Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell us the past events, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome, or tell us the future.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Jonah 3:4

Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,  ‘In forty days Nineveh will be demolished! ’

Deuteronomy 18:21

You may say to yourself, “How can we recognise a message the Lord has not spoken? ”

1 Kings 22:28

But Micaiah said, ‘If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.’  Then he said, ‘Listen, all you people! ’  ,

1 Samuel 3:19

Samuel grew.  The Lord was with him,  and he fulfilled everything Samuel prophesied.  ,

Zechariah 2:13

Let all humanity be silent  before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.’